On a more serious note, a few years back, just prior to the introduction of the lay-judge system, one of my students wrote an essay on the death penalty. It was by far and away the best effort of anyone in her year, and she got a load of bonus points for attempting a topic with genuine heft. Just a shame I disagreed with just about every single thing she said, which included a line to the effect of ‘I know there is only one judge, but they are in authority and we should trust their judgements.’ Regardless of your thoughts on capital punishment, that one line was the most chilling thing I think I’ve ever heard from a teenager.